Total Crime Rate

166.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

75.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 166.7 9/10
  • Violent crimes 75.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 75.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 75.8 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.6 6/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Gaunt Street area has the 24th highest crime rate of 72 local areas in Boultham , and the 74th highest crime rate of 315 local areas in Lincoln .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Gaunt Street (LN5 7PU) in the last 12 months was 166.7 per 1,000 residents and was 0.5% higher than the Boultham average (165.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 11.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 75.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gaunt Street (LN5 7PU), the main crime hotspot is near St Mark Street. Police recorded 198 crimes here, including 67 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Gaunt Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/65)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Vernon Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Chaplin Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chaplin Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Chaplin Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Chaplin Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Chaplin Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Chaplin Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Chaplin Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Chaplin Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Chaplin Street —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Sewell'S Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Chaplin Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Mark Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Mark Street —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson St Mark Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft St Mark Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft St Mark Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order St Mark Street Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Alfred Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chaplin Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Public order St Mark Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Smith Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Peel Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Mark'S Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting St Mark'S Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order St Mark'S Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Mark'S Square —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pennell Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Smith Street Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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